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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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