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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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