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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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