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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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