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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City