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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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