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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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