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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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