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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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