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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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