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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

