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