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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

