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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston