Although itโs 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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

