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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown