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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown