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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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