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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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