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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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