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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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