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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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