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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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