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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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