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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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