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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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