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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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 Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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