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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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