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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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...
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