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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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