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