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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

