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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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