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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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