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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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