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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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