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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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