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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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