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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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