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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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