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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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
