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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

