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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

