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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette 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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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