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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

