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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

