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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

