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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

