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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

