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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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