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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

