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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

