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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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