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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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