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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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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