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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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