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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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