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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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