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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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