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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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