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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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