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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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