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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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