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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

