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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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