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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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