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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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