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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

