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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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