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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

