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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

