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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

