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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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