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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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