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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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