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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown