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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

