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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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