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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston