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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

