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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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