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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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