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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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