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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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