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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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