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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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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