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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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