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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

