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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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