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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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