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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

