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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

