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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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