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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House 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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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