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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

