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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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