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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
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...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown