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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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