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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

