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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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