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