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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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