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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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