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