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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

