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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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