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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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