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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

