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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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