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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston