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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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