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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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