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