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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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