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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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