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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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