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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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