The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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