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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

