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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

