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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
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...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor 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