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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

