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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

