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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

