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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

