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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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