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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

