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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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