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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

