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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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