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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

