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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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