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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

