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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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