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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

