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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

