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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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