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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

