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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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