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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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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