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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

