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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City