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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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