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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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