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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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