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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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