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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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