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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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