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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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