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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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