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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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