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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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