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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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