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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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