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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

