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...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

