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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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