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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

