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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

