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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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 Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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