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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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