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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

