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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

