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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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