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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

