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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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