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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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