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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

