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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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