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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
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...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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