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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital 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