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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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