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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

