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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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