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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

