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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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 Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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