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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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