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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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