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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

