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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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