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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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