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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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