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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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