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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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