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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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