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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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