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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

