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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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