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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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