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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

