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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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