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

