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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown