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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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