Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

