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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

