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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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