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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul