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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown