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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of 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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

