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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

