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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

