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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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