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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

