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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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