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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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