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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

