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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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