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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

