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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

