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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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