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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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