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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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