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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City