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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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