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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

