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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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