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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

