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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown