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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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