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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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