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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

