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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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