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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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