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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

