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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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