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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

