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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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