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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City