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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

