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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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