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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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