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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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