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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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