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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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