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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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