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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
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...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston