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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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