As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

