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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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