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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

