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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

