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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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