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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston