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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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