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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown