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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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