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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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