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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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