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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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