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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

