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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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