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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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