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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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