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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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