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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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