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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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