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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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