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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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