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