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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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