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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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