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...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown