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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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