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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston