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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

