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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston