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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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