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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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