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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor 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