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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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