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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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