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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul