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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

