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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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