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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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