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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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