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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown