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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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