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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

