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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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