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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
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...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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