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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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