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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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