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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

