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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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