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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

