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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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