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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

