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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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