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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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