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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City