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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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