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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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