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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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