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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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