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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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