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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

