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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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