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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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