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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

