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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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