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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

