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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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