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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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