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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

