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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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