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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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