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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston
