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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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