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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

