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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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