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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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