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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston