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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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