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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

