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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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