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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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