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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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