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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

