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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital 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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul