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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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