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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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