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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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