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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church 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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

