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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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