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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

