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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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