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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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