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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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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