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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
