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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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