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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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