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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

