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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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