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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

