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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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