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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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