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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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