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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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