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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston