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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

