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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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