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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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