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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

