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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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