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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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