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

