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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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