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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

