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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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