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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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