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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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