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