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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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