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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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