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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House 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...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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