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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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