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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown