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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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