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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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