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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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