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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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