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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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