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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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