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