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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

