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