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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital 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