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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital 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