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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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