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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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