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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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