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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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