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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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