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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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