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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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