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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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