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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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