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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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