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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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