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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston