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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

