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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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