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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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