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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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