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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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