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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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