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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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