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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

