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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

