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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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