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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

