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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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