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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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