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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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