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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
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