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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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