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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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