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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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