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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

