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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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