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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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