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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

