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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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