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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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