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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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