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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown