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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston