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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital 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