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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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