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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
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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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown