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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital 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