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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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