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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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