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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City