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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

