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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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