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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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