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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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