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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
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...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

