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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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