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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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