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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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