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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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