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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

