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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

