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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

