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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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