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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

