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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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