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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown