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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul