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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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