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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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