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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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