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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul