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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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