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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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