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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

