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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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