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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

