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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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