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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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