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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown