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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

