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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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