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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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