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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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