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...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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