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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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