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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

