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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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