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