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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown