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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 donโt...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

