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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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