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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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