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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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