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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

