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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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