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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

