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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

