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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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