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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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