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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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