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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown