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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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