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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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