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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

