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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

