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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

