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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

