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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in 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...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

