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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

