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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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