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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

