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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a 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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

