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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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