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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

