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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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