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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

