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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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