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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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