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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

