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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

