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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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