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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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