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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
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...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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