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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

