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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered 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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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