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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

