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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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