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