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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown