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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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