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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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