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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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