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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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