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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown