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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

