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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

