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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

