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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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