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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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