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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In 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